This section is mostly open access, with no login requirements. We welcome feedback on these pages and hope they are of assistance.
Pre-referral guidelines are located in the Referrals section of the Portal.
General paediatric clinical guidelines
- BHS general index (A-Z topic list)
	
- Paediatric Portal referral guidelines for BHS focused mainly on chronic presentations & outpatient care
 
 - Statewide CPGs
	
- CPGs endorsed for statewide use by the Victorian Paediatric Clinical Network and endorsed wholly by BHS
 - Links can be found via either:
		
- clicking the linked heading above for a full list and link of those available, or
 - clicking BHS CPGs link below (search word 'paediatric' will find all of them)
 
 
 - BHS CPGs (internal only)
	
- Independent CPGs developed by BHS for use within BHS
 - Limited number of CPGs are accessible externally.
 
 - Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) CPGs
	
- RCH specific CPGs widely used throughout other institutions, focusing on acute presentations
 
 - Forensic assessment resources
	
- see the Clinical section of the Portal for links.
 
 
- Newborn Handbook
	
- Handbook for neonatal acute care developed by statewide committee in conjunction with PIPER
 
 - BHS Special Care nursery & other neonatal guidelines
 - ANMF (Australian Neonatal Medicines Formulary)
 
- BHS Drug information (including prescribing information for children)
 - ANMF (Australian Neonatal Medicines Formulary)
 - AMS (Antibiotic Stewardship) classification of antimicrobials (2014)
 - BPMH (Best Possible Medication History) "How to use" guide
 - RCH antibiotic guidelines
 - RCH antibiotic guideline card
 - Immunisation information
 
- BHS IV & enternal fluid practices, protocols & charts
 - Maintenance Fluids - RCH maintenance fluids calculator
 - IV maintenance fluid (McNab JPCH 2016) - excellent article reviewing the evidence for various IV fluid choices in children
 - Fluid resuscitation choices (Long JPCH 2016) - good overview of avoiding excess IV fluids
 
- Maintenance Fluids - RCH maintenance fluids calculator
 - NICE jaundice quick reference and NICE guidelines jaundice charts - gestation specific threshold charts used at BHS (Excel)
 - Neocalc.org - Neonatal resusitation calculations
 - Nicutools.org
 - Calculating TRP (tubular resorption of phosphate)